A good picture will allow you to understand the story and the roles almost without dialogue. These moments from Michael Curtiz Directed version of THE SEA WOLF (1941) is a wonderful example of that technique. Curtiz was a story teller on par with John Ford even if he moved from genre to genre. Curtiz was at home with the ‘large story” and the character study. Here he works with a brilliant cast of Edward G Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield and Alexander Knox. The scenes are cut to music yet you can still understand the motives, the churning ambitions and passions of the people. The turmoil of the sea water that surrounds the ship….The Sea Wolf.
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